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Gloucester, John Cole and John Roper, 1810

Published in the Reign of KingGEORGE III1760 - 1820

23787 Gloucester, John Cole and John Roper, 1810. Price: 35.00

GLOUCESTER. An engraved town plan embellished with a vignette view of Gloucester Cathedral. Key listing the cathedral and six churches. Three coats of arms. 7 x 9 inches. Partially hand coloured. Small top blank margin and trimming to the publisher’s imprint beneath the plan.

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Part of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire, John Cary, 1824

Published in the Reign of KingGEORGE IV1820- 1830

EARLY HAND COLOURING

30461 Part of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire, John Cary, 1824. Price: 37.00

Part of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. Section 23 of John Cary’s Map of England and Wales on a scale of 5 miles to the inch. The plate centres on Cirencester and includes Cheltenham, Gloucester, Lechlade, Malmsbury, Wotton Bassett, Calne, Chippenham, Marlborough and Devizes. 8 x 10 inches. Early hand colouring. Good condition.

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Gloucestershire, Herman Moll, c.1724

Published in the Reign of KingGEORGE I1714 - 1727

EARLY HAND COLOURING

30462 Gloucestershire, Herman Moll, c.1724. Price: 110.00

GLOCESTER SHIRE BY H. MOLL GEOGRAPHER. An engraved map of the county divided into lathes and hundreds. Title panel, scale and list of hundreds. Down the two sides of the maps are engravings of early British Coins. 12 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches. Original outline hand colouring.

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Road Map 15, John Ogilby, 1698

Published in the Reign of QueenWILLIAM & MARY1689 - 1702

17TH CENTURY ROAD MAP

29399 Road Map, John Ogilby, 1698. Price: 155.00

Plate 15. The Road from London to St. Davids Part 2. Abingdon, Faringdon, Fairford, Barnsley, Gloucester, Monmouth. An uncoloured specimen of the 1698 edition. Two worm holes at the bottom of the centre fold in the blank margin area.More Road Maps by John Ogilby

SHOWS MARKET AND FAIR DAYS

A MAP OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE NORTH WEST FROM LONDON. A delightful small engraved map of the county with scale and compass rose. To the left of the map is a panel providing information on Members of Parliament and listing the major towns with the Market and Fair Days. 5 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches. Uncoloured. Publisher’s imprint beneath dated 1742 with the names of Thomas Badeslade the surveyor and W. H. Toms the engraver, Very nice good clean condition.

From Chorographia Britanniae

Provenance: In 1925 the atlas was owned by A. P. Hamilton

Chorographia Britanniae 1742

Chorographia Britanniae 1742 Dedication

It is interesting to note that the atlas was intended for the use of his Majesty King George I for his intended tour through England and Wales. He died on June 11th, 1727. The dedication is to Frederick Prince of Wales, son of George II born February 1st, 1707 and who died on March 31st, 1751 at Kew.

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Gloucestershire, Reuben Ramble 1845

Gloucestershire Text, Reuben Ramble 1844

Published in the Reign of QueenVICTORIA1837 - 1901

EARLY HAND COLOURING

FOR THE MAP COLLECTOR

31364 Gloucestershire, Reuben Ramble, c.1845. Price: 75.00

GLOUCESTERSHIRE. An uncommon lithograph miniature map of the county surrounded by a wide border of vignette views of local scenes including Gloucester Cathedral and Farming. The maps first appeared in Miller’s New Miniature Atlas published in 1810. The decorative views were added and the maps republished by Darton & Clark in “Reuben Ramble’s Travels Through the Counties of England” in 1844. 5 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches. This is the size of overall area and not the contained map. Original hand colouring. With this map is the original double sided page of text describing the county. Slight trimming on the left hand side with no blank margin.

Reuben Ramble was a pseudonym of the Reverend Samuel Clark (1810 - 1875). The Rector of Eaton-Bishop in Herefordshire and later a curate in Northamptonshire. He wrote geography books for children being in partnership with the publisher William Darton from c.1836 to 1843. Many copies of Reuben Ramble's Travels will no doubt have been lost over the years through mistreatment by children. I have seen specimens with drawings, scribbles and doodles during the time I have been dealing in maps. A whimsical addition for your map collection.

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Gloucestershire, Carington Bowles, 1785

Published in the Reign of KingGEORGE III1760 - 1820

Sir H. George Fordham

EARLY HAND COLOURING

FOR THE MAP COLLECTOR

31426 Gloucestershire, Carington Bowles, 1785. Price: 135.00

BOWLES’S NEW MEDIUM MAP OF GLOUCESTER SHIRE DIVIDED INTO ITS HUNDREDS.. A good detailed late 18th century map of the county. The title appears within a circular panel bearing the imprint of Carington Bowles No. 69 in St. Paul’s Church Yard. Beneath the map is a further imprint Published as the Act directs, 3 Jan. 1785. Around the map are interesting engraved notes pertaining to the county. 8 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches. Explanation and scale. Original outline hand colouring. Superb clean condition having been taken straight from the atlas and not sold previously as a single map.

From Bowles’s New Medium English Atlas. The maps in this atlas are based on the maps by Emanuel and Thomas Bowen in their Atlas Anglicanus. The title cartouche has been changed as well as the addition of the distance in miles from London shown by some town names.

Provenance

Titlepage

Signature

This map comes from an atlas which was once in the library of the renowned carto-bibliographer Sir Herbert George Fordham (1854 - 1929). He was the first to attempt the systematic cataloguing of the maps of an English county. Born on 9th May 1854 at Odsey, a manor on the borders of Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire sold to the Fordham family in 1793 by the 5th Duke of Devonshire. The flyleaf of the atlas was signed H.George Fordham, Odsey, 1925. Further reading: Map Collectors' Circle No. 51: Sir H.George Fordham Carto-bibliographer by J. M. Henshall.

The atlas was later in the library of Professor Eva Germaine Remington Taylor (1879 - 1966) Distinguished geographer. Presented after her death to Birbeck College, University of London. Sold by their order at Sotheby's, London and purchased by Richard Nicholson

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Gloucestershire, Samuel Lewis 1845

Lewis' Atlas to the Topographical Dictionaries of England and Wales

Published in the Reign of QueenVICTORIA1837 - 1901

EARLY HAND COLOURING

31591 Gloucestershire, Samuel Lewis, 1845. Price: 28.00

GLOUCESTERSHIRE. A county map drawn by R. Creighton and engraved by J. & C. Walker. Reference to the Unions. 9 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches. Original outline hand colouring. Vertical crease line as issued. Good clean condition. Straight from the atlas and not sold as a single map before now.

From Lewis' Atlas to the Topographical Dictionaries of England and Wales

PORTRAITS OF BRITAIN

For over thirty years renowned artists Philip and Glyn Martin have been touring Great Britain capturing, in finely detailed watercolour paintings, the country's much loved towns, villages and favourite places It has taken these talented brothers thousands of miles around Britain.Each print is one of a strictly limited edition, individually numbered out of 850 and signed. The original watercolours are used only for one edition and no other reproduction is made.
The high quality of printing and the material used sets these prints apart. They are difficult to distinguish from the originals as they retain so much of the feel and delicacy of watercolour.
The artists themselves are very involved in the printing process. They work with a talented craftsman who has developed a way of printing on real watercolour paper. This paper is produced especially for them by an English mill. It is made from 100% cotton and is completely acid free.Image Size: 6 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches. Washline Style Mount Size: 12 1/4 x 11 inches

Prestbury near Cheltenham

75166 Prestbury near Cheltenham. Number 834 of 850 signed by Glyn Martin. MOUNTED. Price: 14.00

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I was 19 when I got hooked on antique maps. There are quite a few of the early cartographers who we know a bit about about and their life stories make interesting reading. There is one English mapmaker who stands out as someone rather special who appears to have had a most interesting life. He is JOHN OGILBY. Yes you know he was the first to map the roads of England and Wales and yes you might have read that he had an interest in dancing. If you want to know more about the man who created that 17th century map hanging on your wall then you must read this book published in 2016 - The Nine Lives of John Ogilby by Alan Ereira. In this book the author brings a fascinating hidden history to light, and reveals that Ogilby's celebrated Britannia is far more than a harmless road atlas: it is, rather, filled with secrets designed to serve Charles II's sinister purpose.

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